So I guess you folks were always the sort who asked your uni professors for extensions on your term papers. Me too. Since I announced our newest photo contest, 177 people have seen the post. Do you know how many have entered the contest? One. At this point she stands a good chance of winning.…
Well, summer has come to a close (although you’d never know it here in Spain, where the days are still hot and where I went for a midnight swim in the sea just a couple of nights ago), so it’s time for another FNFF Photo Competition! Send in your best snaps from the summer –…
One of the keys to success in taking photos of your kids is, simply, to take lots and lots of them. In these digital days that’s no longer a problem or an expense – shutter away like mad and discard all but the few best. If your camera has a continuous shooting mode so much…
Yesterday was a bit showery (we had outrageous thunderstorms in the evening), so G and I mostly just played it cool at home. During a break in the rain we went down to the garden to get out of the house, and had a marvelous time looking for critters and finding out what was in…
I haven’t participated in A Word in Your Ear’s photo challenge in a while, but when Sue’s dictionary dealt up ‘mountain’ this week, I got very excited indeed. What is it about mountains that draws people to them? Well, they’re beautiful. Yes, but why? Why do folks almost universally stand in awe when presented with…
Sue over at A Word in Your Ear has selected “zoom” as this week’s photo challenge, so I’ve skimmed though our archives and picked a few of my favorite zoomy shots. Hope you enjoy!
With 1,164 votes cast, we can now announce a Grand Prize Winner in the Family Travel Photo Contest! And the winner is… Lynn at the Wanderlynn blog! Her “Boy Hugging Dog” picked up 48.63% to the total, or 566 votes. A HUGE congratulations to Lynn and all of the other contestants. Now it’s time for…
With 278 total votes cast for the 12 Finalists, that round’s voting is now closed. Here are the FINAL FIVE! Now’s the time to choose the Grand Prize Winner, who will be taking home a print from Kevin Dyer at A World in Focus, as well as unlimited bragging rights. Get out the vote! Coming…
This week Sue’s dictionary dished up ‘weather,’ and since I’m something of a freaky weather geek I couldn’t resist. Check out A Word in Your Ear for details on the challenge, other weather-related posts, and Sue’s own fabulous prose and photos. I suppose I’ll arrange these chronologically by season, because, well, why not? Nothing brings…
We’ve had a lot of really excellent entries in the Family Travel Photo Competition, and it hasn’t been easy whittling it down to this final batch of photos. Check out these amazing shots, then cast your vote in the poll below. If you have an entry here, then by all means get your friends-and-relations, your…
Field Notes From Fatherhood 